Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25
Thankful Blossom
A Romance of the Jerseys, 1879.
By BRET HARTE.
Copyrighted by Houghton, Minlin & Co., and
published by arrangement with themJ
BY BRET HARTE.

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muir Vi TWO lHahhlui was down at the
COW shed' WIN her arms around the neck
Vi her iaNorite heller, 10 Whom she poured
out much OF her woes, ana from whom she
won an iil.elisehV sorC OF slobperlng sym
pathy. Ana then she sharply scolded
o,esar lor hothlI9 at AL ana moment
alter returned 10 the mousse with the air
ana race OF a deeply injured angel, who
had been disappointed in some celestial
ldea OF settlng TINS world right, but was
sun not apoVe 1orglveness-a spectacle
that sunk MAJ. Van Zandt into the dark
depths OF remorse, and eventually sent
MN 10 smoke pipe OF virginia with his
men IN the ROADSIDE camp; seeing which,
thankful went early to bed and cried her
sell 10 sleep Ana nature possibly fol-
lowed her example; Tor at sunset great
thaw set IN, ana by midnight the freed
rivers ana brooks were gurgling melo-
dlously, ana Tree and shrub and fence
were moist ana dripping.
Inc red dawn at last struggled through
the Vaporous veil that hid the landscape.
linen occurred one OF those magical changes
peculiar 10 lne climate, yet perhaps pre-en-